Louisiana federal judge blocks EPA’s disparate impact requirements
The Environmental Protection Agency can’t treat companies differently in Black communities than in white communities, a federal judge ruled this week.
U.S. District Court Judge...
Energy Transfer accused of boxing out Louisiana pipeline rivals
A natural gas pipeline developer is accusing Energy Transfer LP of “anticompetitive” behavior after the company denied three projects from crossing its pipelines in...
BP challenges FERC’s oversight of Venture Global LNG plant
BP PLC has challenged U.S. energy regulators' approvals of a Venture Global LNG liquefied natural gas export facility, arguing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
After Fifth Circuit ruling, Gulf lease sale scheduled for Dec. 20
After the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ order last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it scheduled Lease Sale 261...
Court halts rezoning for massive St. John grain elevator project
Opponents of a major industrial project in the River Parishes have scored a win in court, reports The Illuminator.
A state judge last week ordered...
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block trial for Louisiana coastal erosion case
A trial over alleged damage to the coast by oil companies in Cameron Parish will proceed as scheduled on Nov. 27 after the U.S....
Gulf oil and gas lease sale off again, pending a federal hearing
The upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species...
Judge blocks government plan to scale back Gulf oil leases
A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to expand next week’s scheduled sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions...
MMR accuses firm started by former employee of stealing trade secrets
Baton Rouge’s MMR Constructors is suing Gonzales-based Infrastructure Solutions Group, alleging “an orchestrated effort by ISG to steal MMR’s trade secrets and confidential business...
Environmentalists lose courtroom battle over Driftwood LNG
Environmentalists opposed to the planned Driftwood liquified natural gas terminal and pipeline in southwest Louisiana lost a court battle Wednesday over a federal permit...
